Pluralism in practice - experiences from Swedish evaluation, school development and research

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-111

  Rudsberg, Karin ^a   Öhman, Johan ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Democracy; Education for sustainable development; Meaning making; Pluralism; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960170974     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620903504073     Document Type: Article

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